Window-pane



(No Model.)

T. TANNER.

" I WINDOW PANB. I No. 269,740. Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

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' NITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEOPHILUS TANNER, OF OSAGE, NEBRASKA.

WlNDOW-PANE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 269,740, dated December 26, 1882.

Application filed March 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEOPHILUS TANNER, of Osage, in the county of Otoe and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and Improved Fastening for Window-Panes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to fasten glass panes in sashes without the use of nails or pegs and putty.

The invention consists of a rubber strip prorided with a longitudinal slot increasing in width toward its interior,in combination with a window-sash having its end and cross pieces rovided with agroove of'a size to receive the said strip, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is asectional plan view of the end rails of a sash in which a glass pane is held by Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved fastening for window-panesr" \w A soft-rubber strip, A, is provided in one side, near the end of the same and parallel with the edge of the same, with a groove or longitudiualrccess, B, which increasesin width toward the interior. The cross-section of the strip increases toward one end, and one of the sides of the strip is rounded. The groove B is in the rounded side of the strip and in the wider part of the same, as shown in Fig. 2. The end orcro'ss pieces, 0, of the sash are'provided in the inner surfaces with a groove or recess, D, forming a tongue or ridge, E, at the outer surface of the end or cross piece and a tongue or ridge, F. at the inner surface. which groove D is of such depth and width that one of the strips A will fit into it. The edges of the pane of glass Gare passed into the grooves B of the strips A, which strips are firmly held on the pane by the pressure of the rubber at the outer end of the groove, as these grooves are narrower at the outer end than at the inner end. The wider ends of the strips A are plat-ed against the inner ends of the outer tongues, E, and the narrower endsot' the strips are then pressed into the grooves D, so that the narrower ends of the strips will rest against the inner surfaces of the inner tongues, F, as shown in Fig. 1. The spring-tension of the strips holds them in the groove D, between the tongues E and F, and as the panes are held by these strips the panes will be held in the sash. The panes can be removed very easily; no tat-ks, pegs, or putty are required, and there is no danger of breaking the panes by harnmering while inserting them.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The rubber strip A, provided with the longitudinal slot B, increasing in width toward its interior, in combination with a windowsash having its end or cross pieces, 0, provided with a groove, 1), of a size to receive the said strip, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the glass is held in the strip and the latter held in the groove of the sash by spring-tension of the strip, as set forth.

THEOPHlLUS TANNER. Witnesses:

CHARLES MULROW', WILLIAM TANGEMAN. I 

